Hi, I’m Erin Schmidt

I am a Graduate Counseling Practicum Student with a relational, trauma-informed approach to counseling. I am especially interested in helping adults understand patterns that continue to show up in relationships, self-worth, and the ways they cope when life feels difficult.

Before beginning clinical training, my work included crisis support for survivors of sexual assault, trauma-informed education and well-being programs, and years of supporting children and families affected by trauma and attachment disruption. These experiences strengthened my belief that meaningful change often happens through relationships where people feel understood, respected, and safe enough to look beneath the surface.

My approach draws from psychodynamic and attachment perspectives, along with parts-informed and schema-informed ideas. I am particularly interested in working with women navigating anxiety, relationship patterns, trauma-related concerns, self-worth, life transitions, and recovery from behavioral or process-related patterns.

I believe therapy can be a place to move beyond simply managing symptoms and begin understanding why certain patterns developed, what they may have helped you survive, and what you may want to do differently now. My goal is to offer a thoughtful, steady space where that work can happen at a pace that feels manageable and meaningful.

Supervised by Courtney Brabant, LPC, CPC

My Approach

Healing Through Relationship

Building a steady, collaborative therapeutic relationship where difficult experiences can be understood without judgment or pressure to “just move on.”

Understanding Patterns

Exploring recurring patterns in relationships, emotions, and coping while developing insight into where they began and what keeps them going.

Moving Beyond Survival

Helping clients recognize strategies that may once have been protective while developing new ways of relating to themselves, others, and the life they want now.